Or'ONtIITHE CUETIVAIION-'OF H?I0SP SIN..VICTORIA. The cultivation of ho p (Amulus in Botny), }vilviwthout doubt, beiome, ere many years elapse, a profitable -branch-ofindustry in this colony. -We are i?liied"'o elieve that "th?y may be groiwnt successfully, notwithstandi ng •li'~-prodice being termed precarious. However,.by-way of drawing the at tvntion of our readers to so interesting a.st.bjeet,iwe, beg to in?orim them; we have a sm'all sample of Hops in our offie,-that were grn om-this season on t fitrfir r;of Mr"Ioutlhall, near Ballan, on ~eeapter 'nk.l of Rivier Werrilbe, ,:,andi shai~i be, a appy to allow. an inspec, tio~rof them : by anyperson taking ari interest in the'ir cultivation. '"They .resimilar to the variety knownl as the kentI odn&amp;l3"' Hops', andai:lthi6 igh theay ere picked seveial weeks since, still preserve that pleasant bitter aindraronm,afor which:, they: are 'ndted i':irn :the '61d country: ....., To gve a Ifull and elaboratd account of .the ,mode of1...

.. ,TUE S.RJNG CREEK DIGdINGS;:: THa! news fiom these digging is" but scanty thiit 'eel:k but Wve riife hap y to see that tlhevildjlexeitement wlich-wii at first .occasioned 1w them is gradually diminilfing an;iZ thati- ost persons are deterinind to ,wait the arrrival of re liable intelligence before they'br?aip their homesor forsake present pernman ent emplbywnent.. The subjoined!eter. from Mr. Tvnuni who Wis -one''oT; the first4to leavuw this neighbourhood tfSrthe,,diggings, slhows at least that Pandora's;best gift rules stronglyj io in the breasts of- the miners at Spring. • Der Sir--I am sorry.I coiild not fullfi'lamy .promise lastweek, in conse qiuence of omitting to take out writ ilg materials when I left home. : I amgla4 to be able to tell-you that there is every probability of th~e Spring Creek Diugings turning out wel!and,ngt a. s.iceL as. some pre tenduuotoropliesy . . ' , On Friday last one party took 1 oz. .1:7: 'dtrs. ?froimn sriall hll]?aiind ?bi same da' I; at drie pr...

The 'following 'ery ur story ap pears in the Back U. ec tn nd lmherst Adrcr. ier, 'fnidm(theif't own 'ePrpplTrspnldeitTl at drlcliaimiiton, uiiidor'date Mayrlath -. I f 4)A party of 200 miners started."fiith:'Port ifrits on a -prospectinig tour-. avllig pro id thedrelveswthi sl'ew ih a lstock Of todlstandd vairous'usefuil instrmlents, .as'also 'aualarin-( dance of provisions and a large quantity of guns ull ammuniition, they comiended their i;arch with 169 horses, into' the interior of the country.i.:u'rThy proceededd about 200. miles w-atljitt meeting any. initerruption, biut t' this 'distancei firom the Port thhy O?dil-ou tercd a great number of the natives, whd endeavoured to prevent: their travelling any frtherr itothe-interiqr-.. Tei .-whites, how ever, continueda their :jouiney,, hnrissed.iby the natives, whose nuubliers aigngnpteld ach npiid they travelli. Anrrivinn 'it the dos tined spot, they proceeded to -work, and- after prospectillng the ground in different parts, dis. '...